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The Best Caramel Apple Cookies – Crumbl Copycat

Caramel apple cookies- Crumbl copycat

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The Best Caramel Apple Cookies, Crumbl Copycat If you have been waiting all season for Crumbl to bring back their caramel apple cookie, I have some very good news for you. You can make it right at home, and it comes out just as soft, chewy, and full of fall flavor as the bakery version.

  • Total Time: 42 min
  • Yield: 9 cookies 1x

Ingredients

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Cookie base recipe
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup Imperial Sugar granulated sugar
1/4 cup Imperial Sugar dark brown sugar
1 large egg, at room temperature
2 tbsp concentrated apple juice
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cup AP flour
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ginger
1/8 tsp allspice
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

Cream cheese frosting
5 oz Cream cheese, Softened
4 tablespoon Butter, softened
3 tablespoon Caramel sauce, Homemade or store bought
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup Imperial Sugar powdered sugar
1 green apple, sliced into cubes

Homemade streusel
1/4 cup Flour
1 tbsp Imperial Sugar granulated sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1 & 1/2 tbsp Butter, cold, cubed

Instructions

Make the streusel
1-Melt the butter in a medium skillet: Melt the butter in a medium skillet. Remove from the heat, add the flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt, and mix until fully moistened and forming small clumps. Return to the heat, stirring frequently until the streusel turns golden brown. Transfer to a plate and let cool.

Make the cookie dough
2-Cream the butter, granulated sugar, and brown: Cream the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the egg, concentrated apple juice, and vanilla extract, and mix to combine.
3-Gently mix in the flour, cinnamon, ginger,: Gently mix in the flour, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, salt, baking soda, and baking powder until the flour mixture disappears.
4-Using a large cookie scoop (1/4 cup: Using a large cookie scoop (1/4 cup or 4 tbsp), scoop out 9 equal-sized cookie dough balls, place them on the baking sheet, and bake for 12 minutes. Let the cookies cool down.

Make the cream cheese frosting
5-Cream the cream cheese and butter together: Cream the cream cheese and butter together until smooth and creamy. Add the powdered sugar, vanilla, and caramel, and whip until light and fluffy.
6-Frost the cooled-down cookies with the cream: Frost the cooled-down cookies with the cream cheese frosting, top with cubed green apples, a sprinkle of homemade streusel, and a drizzle of caramel. Enjoy!

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  • Prep Time: 30 min
  • Cook Time: 12 min
  • Method: stovetop

Nutrition

  • Calories: 511
  • Sugar: 43g
  • Sodium: 899mg
  • Fat: 22g
  • Saturated Fat: 13g
  • Carbohydrates: 71g
  • Fiber: 3g
  • Protein: 8g
  • Cholesterol: 68mg